Cover Design by Alex Zuniga Everybody knows that the COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest story of 2020, with social and political tensions coming in a very close second and almost certainly intertwined with the pandemic. Although California also had another record fire season in 2020, SLO County thankfully didn t. The happiest county on the California coast made national news several times this past year with SLO County Sheriff Ian Parkinson s and District Attorney Dan Dow s stance against Black Lives Matter protesters and COVID-19 regulations, the arrest and prosecution of protest leader Tianna Arata, and COVID-19 positive case numbers taking up the bulk of that national attention. Local residents seemed to take issue with everything facing each other in the streets with protests and anti-protests, bickering online in divergent Facebook groups and catty Instagram stories, shouting about COVID
Posted by Brian Williams | Dec 10, 2020
Nonprofit leaders say it’s going to get worse due to fallout from pandemic
SAN LUIS OBISPO The leaders of three San Luis Obispo County homeless services providers called the County’s current situation a “humanitarian crisis” and are bracing for a “tidal wave” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wendy Lewis, president and CEO of El Camino Homeless Organization, Grace McIntosh, deputy director of Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, and Janna Nichols, executive director of 5Cities Homeless Coalition were on the Expert Panel: Homelessness in SLO County 2020 organized by the League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County.
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SLO pledges $3.4 million to spur local economy. Here’s how money will be spent [The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)]
Dec. 9 The San Luis Obispo City Council unanimously passed a comprehensive stimulus package on Tuesday in an effort to spur the local economy and address homelessness.
The city allocated $3.425 million in General Fund money targeting multiple issues related to the economic impacts of COVID-19, as well as a prevalent homelessness problem.
Funding generated by the recently approved Measure G-20 sales tax increase is envisioned to help cover the costs by replenishing the resources being used now.
“This policy makes me chokes up,” San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon said at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. “We’re able to use this money for the best way possible at a time when people need it most during a critical time.”
Posted by Brian Williams | Dec 10, 2020
Nonprofit leaders say it’s going to get worse due to fallout from pandemic
SAN LUIS OBISPO The leaders of three San Luis Obispo County homeless services providers called the County’s current situation a “humanitarian crisis” and are bracing for a “tidal wave” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wendy Lewis, president and CEO of El Camino Homeless Organization, Grace McIntosh, deputy director of Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, and Janna Nichols, executive director of 5Cities Homeless Coalition were on the Expert Panel: Homelessness in SLO County 2020 organized by the League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County.